Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-29
THE YAQUI CHIEF.
" KING" CAJEME A PRISONER
IN GUAYMAS.
Romantic Life of the Captive Chief
An Untutored Man OF Great
Native Abilities.

The Mexican gunboat Democrata ar
rived at Guaymas on Thursday morning,
having on board as a prisoner Chief Ca
jeme, of the Yaqui Indians, who was badly
wounded in the leg and who surrendered
to the Mexican authorities few days ago.
Negotiations looking toward this surrender
had been pending for some time Caieme
having sent his wife to Guaymas to con-
suit with the Mexican authorities regarding
the terms of his surrender. The following
sketch of the life of this remarkable Indian
will be found full of interest:
Jose Marie Cajeme, chief of the Yaaui
and Mojave Indians was born in 1912, in
the tiny town of TORN, on the banks
of the silent Yaqui river, which creeps
to the Pacific from Sonoras heart of
forests. His parents were Pantaleon
Levia Cajeme and Hilaria Buitemea,
the latter, his mother, being known
vet through that country as the Sibyl.
The baptismal water of Catholicism from
the hands of an adventurous Italian mis-
sionary, Father Romanani, rested on his
head when boy, in the town of Navejoa.
From earliest boyhood Cajeme took to the
chase and refused TO work on farm when
he could scour the deep forest with bow
and arrows. When l3 years of age he ran
away from home, and from that day his
life was a constant restless march--a bohe-
mian existence. He entered the service of
]. K. Bourse, an American miner, at Ala
mos, town on the projected Alamos and
Mazatan Railroad. Wine and women
soon drew their chains about him, and
fired by jealousy and drink he drew his
first human blood by stabbing Abraham
IOli xuh Sfa
He then fled.
In 1872, when the Governor of Sonora,
Ignacio Pesqueria, started out to assist the
Governor of the neighboring State of SIM
aloa against the revolution headed by the
bloody MARQUEE, Cajeme joined the State
troops. During the campaign he gave
proofs of great valor and of uncommon
military skill, and was made Colonel in the
Mexican army. During the leisure mo-
ments of the campaign he learned to read
and write, for as henever would go to school,
he did not even know the alphabet when
he entered on this exciting period of his
life. When peace was established Cajeme
returned to his home, preceded by an un-
common fame. At that time Julio Moro
yoqui, nicknamed the "Jaguar,H ruled the
Yaquis. He was one of the most sanguin-
ary caciques of Mexican history, and
known as the American Nero Moro
yoqui confirmed the rank of Colonel earned
by Caieme in the Government army. and
the latter soon bent his extraordinary
talents to represslng disorders in the gov
ernment of the former. Little by little
Caleme acquired popularity, and the In
dian camps soon became too narrow the
ater for two such men, One day Caieme
with ten picked men surrounded the palace
of the Jaguar, and, going in, asssssinated
him. and was Immediately proclaimed his
successor.
While in Navaiao he solicited in mar
riage the hand of dark eyed belle of that
town, the daughter of a rich planter. His
suit refused, Caieme retreated in good
order and went back to the Yaqui river,
| thinking that time would ameliorate his
suffering. Afterward be made up his
mind to see the girl, Juana Narvaez, and he
started on dark night and in disguise to
visit her. On the way he was ambushed
| by r. j. Castro, brother chief, who was
his rival for the possession of this Mexican
| Helen. Cajeme proved to be a successful
Paris Single-handed he killed Castro and
| three of his men, besides wounded another,
| and arrived, bleeding from several wounds.
at the feet of Juana Narvaez. She fed
| from her home in his company. Since
that time Cajeme has led n fugitive life
with his band OF Indian warriors, aud un-
til now defied the power of the Mexican
republic, among the mountains and
| marshes of Sonora.
Cajeme is well built, has berculean mus
cles, regular features with a savage air i'm
pressed upon them, and has q brusque alb
rupt manner. He is splendid horseman,
and has saved his life on several occasions
by his fleet running and excellent SWIM
ming qualities. He has an uuconquerAble
Will, a presence of mind which never de-
serts him, and courage which borders on
temerity.